Previous Lectures Archive
The lecture notes from previous events are posted in power point or video when available. Lunch time lecture topics include different aspects of Austin’s ecology.
| Date | Title | Presentation | |
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| June 2025 | The Aquatic City: The Nature of Urban Waterways | Download | |
| May 2025 | The Nonhuman City: Urban Habitats and Unnatural History | Download | |
| April 2025 | The Elemental City: Cycles, Services, and Urban Ecology | Download | |
| March 2025 | The Urban Pastoral: Parkland and the Garden City | Download | |
| February 2025 | The Urban Wilderness: Wildness and the American City | Download | |
| January 2025 | Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City | Download | |
| December 2024 | The End of Nature Prospective Ecology Gaia and the Anthropocene | Download | |
| November 2024 | The Ecological City: Sustainability, Ecology, and Urban Metabolism | Download | |
| October 2024 | Farming with Nature: Sustainable Agriculture and the Pastoral Ideal |
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| September 2024 | Saving American Nature: Preservation, Conservation, and the Wild | Download | |
| August 2024 | American Environmental Science: Carson and the Politics of Nature | Download | |
| July 2024 | American Ecology: Stability, Integrity, and Leopold’s Legacy | Download | |
| June 2024 | American Biology: Natives, Immigrants, and Humboldt's Progeny | Download | |
| May 2024 | American Natural History: Thoreau and New World Nature | Download | |
| April 2024 | New Nature: Discordant Harmony and Ecological Resilience | Download | |
| March 2024 | Urban Nature: Perspectives on Nature and the City | Download | |
| February 2024 | Pastoral Nature: Agrarianism and Rural America | Download | |
| January 2024 | Wild Nature: The New World and Wilderness | Download | |
| December 2023 | The Urban Stream: Life on Waller Creek | Download | |
| November 2023 | Another Colorado: Austin and the River | Download | |
| October 2023 | Waters the Land: Rivers and Water in Texas | Download | |
| September 2023 | Rivers of Empire: American Environmental History and Waterways | Download | |
| August 2023 | Strong Brown God: The Poetry of Flowing Water | Download | |
| July 2023 | Water Music: American Music and Rivers | Download | |
| June 2023 | Riverrun: Language, Art, and Waterways | Download | |
| May 2023 | The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Flowing Water | Download | |
| April 2023 | Bottomland: Life on the Floodplain | Download | |
| March 2023 | Riparia: Life at the Edge | Download | |
| February 2023 | Fluvial Life: Ecology of Flowing Water | Download | |
| January 2023 | Fluvial Process: Waterways and Hydrology | Download | |
| December 2022 | The Anthropocene: Gaia and the Science of Nature | Download | |
| October 2022 | The Great Disruptors- Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action | Download | |
| September 2022 | The Economy of Nature Ecology, Culture, and Cosmos | Download | |
| August 2022 | The Evolution of Nature- Humboldt, Darwin, and Biogeography | Download | |
| July 2022 | Invention of Modern Nature- The Earth, a Natural Whole | Download | |
| June 2022 | Romance of Nature Science- Imagination and the Poets of Nature | Download | |
| May 2022 | The Science of Nature- Humbolt and the Empirical Earth | Download | |
| April 2022 | Physical Geography and the Science of Nature | Download | |
| March 2022 | Ecological Imperialism and the Geography of Nature | Download | |
| February 2022 | Natural History and the Taxonomy of Nature | Download | |
| January 2022 | Natural Philosophy and the Study of Nature | Download | |
| March 2020 | Ecological Imperialism and the Geography of Nature | Play | |
| February 2020 | Natural History and the Taxonomy of Nature | Play | |
| January 2020 | Natural Philosophy and the Study of Nature | Play Download | |
| December 2019 | The Urban Stream: Life on Waller Creek | Download | |
| November 2019 | Another Colorado: Austin and the River | Download | |
| October 2019 | Waters the Land: Rivers and Water in Texas | Download | |
| September 2019 | Rivers of Empire: American Environmental History and Waterways | Download | |
| August 2019 | Strong Brown God: The Poetry of Flowing Water | Download | |
| June 2019 | Riverrun: Language, Art, Waterways | Download | |
| May 2019 | The Round River: Myth, Meaning and Flowing Water | Download | |
| April 2019 | Bottom Land: Life in the Floodplain | Download | |
| March 2019 | Riparian: Life at the Edge | Download | |
| February 2019 | Fluvial Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water | Download | |
| January 2019 | The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture | Download | |
| December 2018 | The End of Nature Prospective Ecology Environmental Ethics and the Anthropocene | Download | |
| November 2018 | The Ecological City: Sustainable, Ecology and Urban Metabolism | Download | |
| October 2018 | Farming with Nature: Sustainable Agriculture and the American Family Farm | Download | |
| September 2018 | Saving American Nature: Preservation, Conservation, and the Wild | Download | |
| August 2018 | American Environmental Science: Carson and the Politics of Nature | Download | |
| July 2018 | American Ecology: Stability, Integrity, and Leopold's Legacy | Download | |
| June 2018 | American Biology: Natives, Immigrants, and Humboldt's Children | Download | |
| May 2018 | American Natural History: Thoreau and New World Nature | Download | |
| April 2018 | Resilient Nature: Discordant Harmony and New Ecology | Download | |
| March 2018 | Urban Nature: Perspectives on Nature and the City | Download | |
| February 2018 | Pastoral Nature: Agrerianism and Rural America | Download | |
| January 2018 | Wild Nature: The New World and Wilderness | Download | |
| December 2017 | Encounter with Urban Nature: Ecology, the City and the Arts | Download | |
| November 2017 | Design with Nature: Urban Planning, Management, and the Sustainability Myth |
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| October 2017 | Nature Out of Place: Invasive Species, Novel Ecosystems, and Urban Ecology |
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| September 2017 | The Aerial City: Urban Birds, Bats, and Denizens of the Sky | Download | |
| August 2017 | The Subterranean City: Soil and The Urban Microcosmos | Download | |
| July 2017 | The Terrestrial City: Green Space and The Urban Forest | Download | |
| June 2017 | The Aquatic City: The Ecology of Urban Waterways | Download | |
| May 2017 | Nature in the City: Urban Habitats and the Degradation Myth | Download | |
| April 2017 | Understanding Urban Nature: Ecology, Culture, and the American City | Download | |
| March 2017 | Urban Pastoral: Farms, Gardens, and Parkland in the City | Download | |
| February 2017 | Urban Wild: Wilderness, Wildness, and the American City | Download | |
| January 2017 | Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City | Download | |
| December 2016 | The End of Nature: Permanence, Change, and the Anthropocene | Download | |
| November 2016 | The Earth Managers: Balance, Resilience, and Environmental Science | Download | |
| October 2016 | The Great Disruptors: Environmentalism and the Idea of American Nature | Download | |
| September 2016 | The Economy of Nature: Ecology, Earth Science, and Biotic Navigation | Download | |
| August 2016 | The Evolution of Nature: Von Humboldt, Darwin, and the Systematic Universe | Download | |
| July 2016 | The Romance of Nature: Science, Imagination, and the Poets of Nature | Download | |
| June 2016 | The Invention of Modern Nature: The Earth as a “Natural Whole” | Download | |
| May 2016 | The Scientist of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt and the Physical Description of the Earth | Download | |
| April 2016 | The Nature Collectors: New Lands, New Nature, and Ecological Imperialism | Download | |
| March 2016 | The Study of Nature: Natural History and the Creation of Nature | Download | |
| February 2016 | Second Nature: Pastoral Landscapes and the Cultivation of Nature | Download | |
| January 2016 | First Nature: The Pristine Myth and Wilderness | Download | |
| December 2015 | Goodbye to the River: A Summary | Download | |
| November 2015 | Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin | Download | |
| October 2015 | Waters the Land: Texas Rivers | Download | |
| September 2015 | Rivers of Empire: American Rivers | Download | |
| August 2015 | Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats and the River Tisza | Download | |
| July 2015 | Riparia: Life at the River’s Edge | Download | |
| June 2015 | River Life: The Ecology of Flowing Water | Download | |
| May 2015 | River Process: the Fluvial System and Hydrology | Download | |
| April 2015 | The Geography of Rivers: The Nature and Culture of Flowing Water | Download | |
| March 2015 | Riversong: American Rivers and Music | Download | |
| February 2015 | Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers | Download | |
| January 2015 | The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Flowing Water | Download | |
| November 2014 | Design with Nature: Ecological Cities and the Myth of Sustainability | Download | |
| October 2014 | Farming With Nature: The Unsettling of America | Download | |
| September 2014 | Saving American Nature: Preservation vs. Conservation | Download | |
| August 2014 | American Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Human Nature | Download | |
| July 2014 | Ecology, Ecosystem Services, and the Balance of Nature | Download | |
| June 2014 | Biology, Ecological Change, and Native Species | Download | |
| May 2014 | American Natural History and the Theory of Degenerate Nature | Download | |
| April 2014 | Resilient Nature Wasteland | Download | |
| March 2014 | Urban Nature: The American City and Degraded Nature | Download | |
| February 2014 | Pastoral Nature | Download | |
| January 2014 | Wilderness: The Myth of Pristine Nature | Download | |
| December 2013 | Goodbye to the River: A Summary | Download | |
| November 2013 | Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin | Download | |
| October 2013 | Waters the Land: Texas Rivers | Download | |
| September 2013 | Rivers of Empire: American Rivers | Download |
| August 14, 2013 | Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats | Download |
| July 10, 2013 | Riparia: Life at the River's Edge | Download |
| June 12, 2013 | River Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water | Download |
| May 8, 2013 | River Process: the Fluvial System and River Hydrology | Download |
| April 10, 2013 | Strong Brown God: the Poetry of Rivers | Download |
| March 13, 2013 | Riversong: American Rivers and Music | Download |
| February 13, 2013 | Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers | Download |
| January 9, 2013 | The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Rivers | Download |
| December 4, 2012 | Natural and Unnatural History: the Path Forward | Download |
| November 6 , 2012 | The Natural History of an Urban Wasteland: Hornsby Bend | Download |
| October 2, 2012 | The Natural History of an Urban Vacant Lot: Tannehill Urban Wild Woodland | Download |
| September 4, 2012 | Natural History of an Urban Creek: Waller Creek | Download |
| August 7, 2012 | Urban Natural History: Life in the City | Download |
| July 3, 2012 | The Natural History of Austin: Biological Context and Urbanization | Download |
| June 5, 2012 | The Natural History of Texas: Biological Survey and Ecological Change | Download |
| May 1, 2012 | The History of Americas: Discovery and Transformation | Download |
| April 3, 2012 | The History of Natural History: Contemporary Natural History | Download |
| March 7, 2012 | The History of Natural History: 19th and 20th Century Science and Literature | Download |
| February 1, 2012 | The History of Natural History: Origins and 19th Century Development | Download |
| December 7, 2011 | Encounters with Nature in the City: Urban Nature and Literature | Download |
| November 2, 2011 | The Proper Place of Nature: Urban Planning and Urban Ecology | Download |
| October 5, 2011 | The Weeds and the Wild: Invasive Species and Urban Ecology | Download |
| September 7, 2011 | Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City | Download |
| August 3, 2011 | Austin Waterways: “Life On Waller Creek” with Professor Joseph Jones | Download |
| July 6, 2011 | Texas Rivers: On the Colorado with Roy Bedichek “Karankaway Country” | Download |
| June 1, 2011 | Texas Rivers: On the Brazos with John Graves “Goodbye to a River” | Download |
| May 4, 2011 | The Myth of the River: American Rivers and American Literature | Download |
| April 6, 2011 | The Nature of the River: The Flora and Fauna of the Colorado River Corridor | Download |
| March 2, 2011 | Discovering the Colorado: The Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership 2003-2011 | Download |
| February 2, 2011 | Changes in the Land: The Cultural Landscape of the Colorado River Corridor | Download |
| January 5, 2011 | The Forgotten Habitat: the Biogeography of the Colorado River Bottomlands | Download |